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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 28, 2018

Jacksonville City Councilman Aaron Bowman secured on Tuesday the ten pledges needed to secure the Council Presidency starting in July. Jim Love backed his fellow Republican, joining Scott Wilson, Sam Newby, and Reggie Gaffney, who committed last week. Prior to that, Bowman secured the commitments of former Council Presidents Lori Boyer and Greg Anderson, along with Doyle Carter, Matt Schellenberg, and […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 28, 2018

In another sign that Ambassador Nancy Soderberg has all but locked the Democratic nomination in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, EMILY’s List endorsed her Wednesday. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY’s List, released the following statement: “A former deputy national security adviser to President Clinton and ambassador to the United Nations, Nancy Soderberg knows what it means […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 27, 2018

Not for the first time in recent months, Jacksonville City Council members again discussed septic tank woes in the Northwest Quadrant. This time, however, a potential legislative remedy is in play. Budget hearings in August saw multiple members, including Council members Katrina Brown and Reggie Brown, lament the slow pace of septic phaseout. $6 million a year […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 26, 2018

State Rep. Kim Daniels, a Jacksonville Democrat, got national publicity on Monday for the kind of prayer that no other Democrat in the state would deliver. Namely, as Patheos observed, Daniels delivered with “rants against witches” and a prayer for President Donald Trump. “God, I lift up President Donald Trump before you,” Daniels intoned during a daybreak sermon […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 26, 2018

Some good news for Jacksonville came Monday via another bond upgrade. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced an uptick in the special revenue bond rating to ‘AA’ from ‘AA-’. “This latest upgrade further demonstrates our continued and strong focus on fiscal responsibility is making a difference for our citizens,” said Mayor Lenny Curry. “We continue […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 26, 2018

Rep. Jay Fant, a Republican candidate for State Attorney, renewed his calls for Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel to step down in the wake of reportage that deputies stood down, as did the school resource officer, in a mass shooting that killed 17 in Parkland earlier this month. Fant, a signatory on a letter from […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 26, 2018

The intrigue continues in Jacksonville-area Democratic primaries, with yet another incumbent set to face a primary challenge in 2018. The latest development is in House District 13, where incumbent Rep. Tracie Davis will face a challenge from Roshanda Jackson, a former district secretary for state Rep. Kim Daniels. Davis, who got the Democratic nomination after Reggie Fullwood withdrew in 2016 […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 26, 2018

Via 2018-133, Jacksonville City Council President Anna Brosche seeks to establish a task force to look at transparency in local government. The bill will be on Tuesday’s Council agenda. “The Task Force on Open Government” will “undertake an in-depth review of Jacksonville’s legislative process and the methods by which the public accesses government” and “make recommendations for […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 23, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry took office in 2015, and even before he officially took over in July, there were discussions of reforms of government services. His transition committees discussed some concepts, and by the time Curry’s team settled into office, explorations continued on a conceptual level of privatizing or otherwise reforming the way services were […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 23, 2018

Tensions are high this week, as the debate over gun control and rights rages statewide. One legislative staffer, Sadie Haire, district aide for Jacksonville Republican Jason Fischer, a supporter of the Second Amendment, got more than words from a gun control proponent. “On Wednesday, a man – a coward really – forced himself into my district […]

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Aaron Bowman clinches Jacksonville City Council presidency

EMILY’s List backs Nancy Soderberg for Congress

Jacksonville City Councilors link septic woes to business relocation, blight

Kim Daniels prays for Donald Trump, against warlocks and witches

Ratings methodology change leads to bond upgrade for Jacksonville

Jay Fant on CNN: ‘We’ve seen enough from Sheriff Israel’

Former aide to Kim Daniels to primary Tracie Davis

‘Open government task force’ bill to be introduced to Jacksonville City Council Tuesday

For Lenny Curry’s team, privatization of public resources is not a new concept

‘Coward’ attacks state lawmaker’s female aide; gun control debate to blame?